Maturation of channels and receptors: consequences for excitability

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 45, Issue , 2001, Pages 43-87

  Owens, David F ^a   Kriegstein, Arnold R ^a  

^a The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; EPILEPSY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NEOCORTEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; NEOCORTEX; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0035202336     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7742(01)45006-9     Document Type: Article

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